Author(s):	See Game description
Game EMail:	queenortart AT gmail DOT com
GM(s):	Kate "The Wrong Kate" Bunting    castalusoria AT yahoo DOT com Sue "Queenortart" Lee    queenortart AT gmail DOT com Tony Mitton    tony AT tonymitton DOT com Andrew "AJ" Smith    ajathome AT supanet DOT com
Organization:	UK Freeforms (Peaky)
Home Page:	http://www.ishtari.co.uk/railways/
Male Players:	Min: 19 / Max: 19
Female Players:	Min: 13 / Max: 13
Neutral Players:	Min: 0 / Max: 0
Total Players:	Min: 32 / Max: 32

"I have seen the future and it is the railways!"

It is the Prince Regent's Birthday and celebrations are underway. In honour of the royal event Lady Sybil Ffolkes-Porter is hosting a dance at her extensive London home.

It is clear to everyone that railways are the future and Parliament has declared that new routes are needed between London and Bristol, and London and Brighton. Initial surveys have identified two possible new routes for each of the towns. A third route to Bristol is possible, but only if the Kennet and Avon Canal is closed to navigation.

An act of Act of Parliament is required to set up new companies to build and operate the routes, but further capital is still required.

The party gives an opportunity for interested parties to assemble offers an excellent opportunity to discuss the building of Railways across the English countryside. However some members of society consider Romance and Respectability to be considerably more important.

Present at the dance are a number of eligible young ladies and potential suitors. Lady Sybil is hoping that the evening will result in a number of satisfactory "understandings". There should be ample opportunity for discussing both Romance and Railways.

This game was written at Peaky the UK's 'write a game in a weekend' weekend by N Barnard, P Dall, J Elsmore, S Hatherley, S Lee, T Mitton, D Oddy, AJ Smith, M Snowden, J Winnard, Additional development by S Lee, AJ Smith and J Winter

Bunting, Kate

Kate was introduced to LARP by nefarious individuals she has known since preschool, who may well be in attendance at this very convention. They know who they are, and apparently feel no guilt about their dastardly deeds. In the intervening time (ten-ish years?), Kate was a player in the DC-based "Mersienne" campaign, and the "1936: Horror" campaign, then sold her soul (or just sold out?) and became a staff member for the "1948: Signals" campaign, played the "Brassy's Men" series, and is currently staffing the "Threads of Damocles" campaign. Her writing and GM credits include the full-weekend LARP "Drink Deeper," occasional scenarios for DC-local campaign games, and ill-advised-but-ultimately-successful forays into bulk cooking and LARP catering. Despite rumors to the contrary, Kate is not a narc.

Kate is honored to be assisting "Team Brit" as the token Yankee delegate for the reprisal of "Railways." It has been surmised that being genetically British, and having lived in the UK have contributed to her selection for this post, or that her obsession with frockage is fueling Sue's own addiction... The truth probably lies somewhere in between.

Lee, Sue

Hurrah another March, another Intercon, oh hang on it'll be February 29th, and therefore a leap year.

There is a tradition, said to go back to Saint Patrick and Brigid of Kildare in 5th century Ireland, but apparently not attested before the 19th century, whereby women may make marriage proposals only in leap years.

Supposedly (but disputed), in a 1288 law by Queen Margaret of Scotland (then age five and living in Norway), fines were levied if the proposal was refused by the man; compensation ranged from a kiss to £1 to a silk gown, in order to soften the blow.

It is my belief that a woman cannot have too many silk gowns...

Make of that what you will.

Mitton, Tony

Smith, Andrew

Plot-Doctor, GM-for-Hire and Writing-Muggins.